Hartford: Printed by Peter E. Gleason, 1816. Edition: Second American edition; the first was published in Walpole, New Hampshire in 1797. Bibliographical References: BAL 20738; Wright I, 2629; American Bibliography 39136. ¶ An interesting novel by playwright, poet and jurist Royall Tyler (1757-1826), the story of American physician Updike Underhill... More

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1869). Edition: Second edition, with the addition of one unpublished ballad. Bibliographical References: BAL 11556. ¶ The second edition in book form of Hans Breitmann’s Ballads, Leland’s immensely popular humorous verse about the German-American, Hans Breitmann, who is full of fooling and philosophy and..... More

Boston: Light and Stearns, 1836. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 21697; American Imprints 42466. An early narrative poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1891), based on the story of the legendary 17th century Indian warrior Mogg Hegon. Mogg Megone was first published in the spring of 1835 in two issues... More

Boston: Phillips & Sampson, 1845. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: American Imprints 45-3179. A scarce collection of 50 poems and sonnets by Henry Beck Hirst (1813-74), lawyer, poet, musician, amateur ornithologist, conchologist and botanist. Hirst was a native of Philadelphia, where he practiced law and pursued many avocations. He published... More

(New York:) Published by Elam Bliss, 1829. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: American Imprints 39223; Sabin 38075. A landmark work on the history of American literature by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp (1783-1838), author, local Massachusetts politician and lawyer. In 15 "lectures" Knapp writes about the origins of an American literature and... More

New York & London: Macmillan, 1902. Edition: First edition, first state with the numeral 546 in the upper left corner. Bibliographical References: Merle Johnson, American First Editions, page 24. A popular historical novel by Gertrude Atherton on the life of Alexander Hamilton, a figure she adored and considered an under-appreciated... More

(Pasadena): The Flame Press, 1930. Edition: First edition, one of 80 copies printed by Ward Ritchie, the majority of which were destroyed. Bibliographical References: Broomfield A11; Alberts 62. Two poems by Robinson Jeffers printed by Ward Ritchie with permission of the poet, but there were several typos in the text... More

(San Mateo, Calif.: The Quercus Press), 1940. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, of which 200 were for sale. Bibliographical References: Broomfield A30. A fine rendering of two unusually mellow poems by Robinson Jeffers that were inspired by a family visit to Kelmscott Manor in 1929, as described in... More

New York: Printed and Published for the Author by J. Winchester, 1843. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Wright I, 1019. Essays, nine short stories and over 50 poems by Mary L. Gardiner, a resident of Sag Harbor, who, judging by the substantial list of subscribers, was well known on Long Island.More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 11972. A collection of eight essays and sketches, including two dramatic sketches, published shortly after London's death in 1916. The title essay, "The Human Drift," is London's treatise on the history of civilisation as a search for food.More

Richmond: News-Leader, (1912). Edition: First and only separate edition. Bibliographical References: Not found in BAL; OCLC records one copy (Library of Virginia). A letter written by the venerable Virginia author, Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922), to his local newspaper about the state of politics in Virginia. The newspaper agreed with Page's... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 23472; Wright III, 6104. Six stories set in Italy, including one involving a murder, by Constance Fenimore Woolson. This was the first of two collections of stories she wrote during her sojourn there. Publisher's promotional leaflet about the... More

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., (1946). Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Miller, Paul Bowles, A Descriptive Bibliography, E26; see Millicent Dillion’s Collected Writings of Jane Bowles, pages 282 and 772. A song by Jane Bowles written in Taxco, Mexico, circa 1941-42, and put to music by her prolific composer-husband, Paul... More

Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1886. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 9622, first binding with “Ticknor & Co.” imprint on the spine. ¶ A scarce edition of Howells' Poems of 1873, but in a more elaborate format - similar to a gift book - and with the addition of three... More

Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1991. Edition: First Allen Press edition, one of 115 copies. A handsome edition of Hawthorne's clever story set in Italy about a "poisonous" young woman, written under the guise of a translation from the French of M. de l'Aubépine. The tale is accompanied by three contemporary... More

Paris: Amyot, (1851). Edition: First edition. An interesting critical survey of American literature by the prominent French critic Philarete Chasles (1798-1873). Chasles covers the colonial purtians, the development of an American imagination, the literature of the Revolution, the rise of the American novel as seen in Charles Brocken Brown to... More

Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1853. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall," together with the second French translation of "The Gold Bug." Translated by Alphonse R. Borghers. From the library of Edouard Avril with his stamp on the... More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 19780. A substantial biographical treatment of one of the great American travelers, travel writers and poets, Bayard Taylor (1825-1878).More